#CD8A57#CD8A57

#CD8A57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.106 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A57
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(26, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, 20.27, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 42.57, 61.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% 0.0575 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.106 57.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9879, 31.8472, 13.2667)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A57 #579ACD

analogous

#CD575F #CD8A57 #CDC557

triadic

#CD8A57 #57CD8A #8A57CD

tetradic

#CD8A57 #5FCD57 #579ACD #C557CD

square

#CD8A57 #5FCD57 #579ACD #C557CD

split-complementary

#CD8A57 #57CDC5 #575FCD

monochromatic

#834F27 #B26B35 #CD8A57 #DBAB86 #E9CCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CD8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#CD8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A57

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A57	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.106 57.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac87',
    500: '#cd8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a57;
$custom-light: #e0ac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.932,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69043,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 57.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A57

secondary

#A8C3D8

accent

#9EDD4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A57

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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